| J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001 Jun-Jul;23(5):309-11. |
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Parvovirus B19 infection in a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia during induction therapy.
McNall RY, Head DR, Pui CH, Razzouk BI.
Department of Hematology/Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105-2794, USA.
Immunocompromised children, including those undergoing chemotherapy treatment of malignant disease, are at particular risk for infection with parvovirus B19. However, these patients' attenuated immune responses may obscure the serologic and clinical manifestations of the infection. The authors describe a patient undergoing induction therapy for acute lymphoblastic leukemia whose parvovirus B19 infection was identified by the incidental detection of giant pronormoblasts and absence of normal mature erythroid precursors, characteristic of parvovirus infection, on a routine bone marrow examination. Intravenous immunoglobulin was administered and the patient's aplastic anemia resolved completely within 3 weeks. This highlights the importance of alertness to the possibility of parvovirus infection in children with cancer.
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PMID: 11464989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
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